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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 28, 1919

Page

7

Monticello News Snippets and Fair Week Highlights

A crowded list of social visits fills Monticello pages with Miss Lottie Rice from Burlington and Miss Purlinsa Waugh from Fairfield visiting local friends. The writeups note long strings of relatives and guests in Monticello homes, plus a snake show at the fair and a Brown's Business College session opening in Davenport. An army plane will visit Monticello on September 2 as part of Wapsie Valley Fair promotions.

Purlinsa Waugh Fairfield Monticello Wapsie Valley Fair Brown's Business College Davenport Town Lenox College Charlie Hughes Indiana Princess Theater

Monticello Fair Mix of Visitors and Local News

Monticello and surrounding area readers learn of family visits from Chicago Portland and Davenport plus farm purchases and sales. Local students teachers and clergy are noted along with fair preparations and upcoming events at Wapsie Valley Fair Central City and Clinton Business College endorsements.

Monticello News Highlights Local Sales and Fair Preparations

John Woods sold an 81 acre farm northwest of town to William Aldrich for 14700 dollars including stock. The Great Jones County Fair decorations brighten Main streets as town hosts open events and exhibits with Red Cross nurses and local staff organizing.

John Woods William Aldrich Mr. Woods First Maple Jones County George McKeever Odebolt Monticello Lightfoot Mr. McKeever John Fluckiger

Monticello public schools plan opening Sept 1

Monticello public schools announce a September 1 start with a 9 am opening for all pupils. A new deaf department led by Ida Gleason of New Richmond will operate alongside the rest of the staff.

Ida Gleason New Richmond Wisconsin Mary J. Jarman Prin Monticello Florence Moses Central City Iowa Delphia Williams Eldora Dorothy Robb Mt. Vernon Loretta Michel Marion Anita Stevens Ogden James C. Nelson Terre Haute Indiana Hether Hiffert Freilich Lois Bitz Parkersburg Grace Joy Beloit Sue Hanson Spirit Lake Leta Armstrong Springville Josephine James Bellevue Mae Galbraith Grundy Center Jessie Garry Burlington Alice Haynes DeLong Hinois Bernice Rodman Frances Coyle Doris Northrop

Grasshopper Hay Rake and Loader debuts in 1879 Jones county

August entries detail Orren Vreeman D C Jewett and Alexander Lewis testing the Grasshopper Hay Rake and Loader on Hofacre farm with a claim of 40 tons of hay in three hours for a man and boy with a team.

Monticello Center Junction Jones County Orren Vreeman D. C. Jewett Sand Spring Alexander Lewis Bowens Prairie Hofacre Jewett Lewis Edward Howard Wales Howard Blue Ribbon News Davenport The Express GC. L. Butler Butler City Hotel T. A. King Clark Ainsworth James Young Society George F. Schaeffer Addin Butler City H. A. Kerr Nathan Potter Wyoming Township Onslow J. M. Paul F. Supple B. C. Slater J. W. Stimpson Henry Davenport Farley Day

Mrs. Chris Reichen obituary and Jones County fair notes

Mrs. Chris Reichen died at her Ryan home Monday after a short illness. Marie Miller Reichen, born in Wohlen Switzerland in 1850, immigrated to the U S in 1890 and moved to Ryan in 1902. Survived by husband Chris and eight children, six living, plus sister Anna Beetler. Funeral at Lutheran church. Also coverage of Jones County Farm Improvement Association fair events with soil testing by county agent Fred F. Clark and alfalfa seed guidance.

Farley Iowa Rudolph Reichen Kellogg Fred Dankert Coggan Anna Beetler Seneca South Dakota United States Monticello Ryan Reichen Lutheran Church Luheran Br. Melchert Jones County Farm Improvement Aeociation Fred F. Clark Jones County

Monticello Great Jones County Fair Opens With Household Arts On Display

The Great Jones county Fair opens with crowds, tents, and displays across the grounds. Kitchen exhibits show strong home cookery as hard rains cut crops while the Kiltie Band performs daily and vaudeville acts entertain alongside baseball games and horse races.

Jones County Monticello Children’s Department Carlsen Kiltie Bobker Lohse & Sterling

Don’t Drink From the Fountain at the Monticello Fair

A Monticello fair guide highlights cautions on conduct and decorum at the event. It notes floral hall exhibits by Ricklefs & McNeill and a range of displays from Iverson Furniture J J Hayes and Matthiessen Auto Supply. Local businesses Hicks & Ricklefs present goods while Frank Locher showcases player pianos and Edison talking machines.

Monticello Ricklefs & McNeill Frank Locher Edison Singer Iverson J. J. Hayes Matthiessen Auto Supply Company Floral Hall Monticello Electric Company Hicks & Ricklefs

Church Services Resume With Morning Sermon at 11

The pastor returns this week and regular services restart next Sunday at 11:00 a.m. The morning sermon titled The Plea of the Men of Gennesaret outlines what every heart should ask. An open air union service will be held in the evening with preaching.

Union Gennesaret Presbyterian Church Lena Haeussler

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